Georgetown: Two police constables attached to the Turkeyen Police Station are under close arrest after a woman who went to the division on Old Year’s Night to make a report said that they raped her in the barracks after she used the washroom.
Reports indicate that the rape victim said that she was selling at Sophia a few blocks from her home, when persons who were playing with squibs tossed one in the direction of her business place and it exploded in her son’s face.
She said that she left her business and went to the station to make a report and after making that report, she asked to use the washroom at the station.
One rank reportedly indicated to her that the washroom in the lower flat of the building was not working, and as such, she was escorted to the upper flat of the station by a male rank, who pointed her in the direction of the washroom area.
The traumatized woman said that it was the first time she’d ever seen the two ranks who allegedly raped her, and that though they had only vaginal sex with her, they took turns, and when they were done, they both ran out of the room.
The woman said that after sorting herself out, she ventured onto the lower flat of the building and went to the police corporal on duty and told him what had transpired; that two police ranks had just raped her.
But instead of showing any concern, she said, the corporal was very dismissive, saying that she had come to the station to make one report, and here she was making another.
He then advised her to join the patrol which the same two ranks that allegedly raped her were on and let them accompany her to investigate the first report.
He then suggested that when that investigation was done, she should return to the station, by which time he would be in a better frame of mind to entertain the report about the rape.
According to the woman, she was at first hesitant to go with the ranks, but decided to go as she knew that her husband was in the direction that the patrol was heading.
Once there, she said, she informed her husband about what had transpired, and as he attempted to confront the ranks with the allegation, they drove away and went back to the station.
She and her husband reportedly gave chase, and when they arrived at the station, the officer in charge refused to entertain their report and instead chased them out of the station.
In the height of the commotion, however, a police sergeant, who had apparently just come off the road, intervened and after hearing what had transpired, immediately took the woman into a room, summoned a female rank from another station to come and escorted her to the hospital for a medical.
However, the nightmare did not end there, as according to the victim, the very female rank was attempting to facilitate a settlement in the matter between her and relatives of the two accused ranks.
The settlements which were reportedly being offered were in the sums of $40,000 at first, then that figure climbed to $60,000.
She said that when she refused to heed the constant bombarding, the police took a drastic decision to remove her from the hospital environment and take her back to the Cove and John Police Station, where they had her sit for more than six hours trying to get her to give them a statement that was favourable to the two officers.
She said that although she was not feeling well, and was drowsy, they kept putting the story to her, and before she could respond to say if they had the details correct or not, the ranks were recording those as if the utterances were hers.
A police source has since confirmed being aware that the relatives of two policemen have been seeking to have the matter settled out of court.
The police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has commenced and investigation.
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